Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757922AbcDELGe (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2016 07:06:34 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([134.134.136.65]:30779 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757808AbcDELGc (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2016 07:06:32 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,443,1455004800"; d="scan'208";a="681065994" Message-ID: <1459854447.12843.13.camel@linux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] uuid: convert users to generic UUID API From: Andy Shevchenko To: Andrew Morton Cc: Arnd Bergmann , "Theodore Ts'o" , Matt Fleming , Rasmus Villemoes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:07:27 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20160404164020.9a3529e6e247aac6ec114fff@linux-foundation.org> References: <1459776610-68469-1-git-send-email-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <20160404164020.9a3529e6e247aac6ec114fff@linux-foundation.org> Organization: Intel Finland Oy Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.1-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1383 Lines: 41 On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 16:40 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon,  4 Apr 2016 16:30:02 +0300 Andy Shevchenko @linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > > > There are few functions here and there along with type definitions > > that provide > > UUID API. This series consolidates everything under one hood and > > converts > > current users. > Well.  It converts two current users. > > There are many references to "uuid" in the tree.  How many sites > could > potentially benefit from this change? The big chunk is ACPI [1] though Rafael pointed out to some type dereferencing he didn't get [2]. (By the way there is already use of such in ACPI code from 2010: drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c). That's why I postponed that change. [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/msg63811.html [2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/msg63854.html > > > > > This has been tested for a while internally, however it doesn't > > mean we covered > > all possible cases (especially accuracy of UUID constants after > > conversion). > > So, please test this as much as you can and provide your tag. We > > appreciate the > > effort. > I'm not sure who this series was aimed at but I saw "lib" and grabbed > it.  I'll await Matt's ack. Yes, this is lib/ stuff, I hope the rest would provide Ack. -- Andy Shevchenko Intel Finland Oy